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Hurricane history · Georgia

Hurricanes near Nicholls, GA

Hurricanes

3

None major

Tropical storms

18

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

2

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 3 hurricanes and 18 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Nicholls. That's a hurricane about once every 25 years. The most recent hurricane was Helene in 2024. The strongest was Helene in 2024, with winds near 104 mph as it went by. Most came in June.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2024Helene SepCategory 210437
2024Debby AugTropical storm5248
2023Idalia AugCategory 1928
2021Elsa JulTropical storm524
2016Hermine SepTropical storm637
2013Andrea JunTropical storm4655
2006Alberto JunTropical storm402
2005Tammy OctTropical storm4618
1998Earl SepTropical storm5240
1996Josephine OctTropical storm5847
1995Allison JunTropical storm4620
1985Kate NovCategory 17525
1976Unnamed MayTropical storm4652
1970Alma MayTropical storm4046
1968Abby JunTropical storm4645
1966Alma JunTropical storm5812
1964Dora SepTropical storm6926
1960Brenda JulTropical storm6340
1957Unnamed JunTropical storm4612
1956Flossy SepTropical storm4039
1950King OctTropical storm5858

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s03
1960s04
1970s02
1980s10
1990s03
2000s02
2010s02
2020s22

From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), Atlantic and eastern Pacific, through 2025. A storm counts when its center came within 60 miles of the middle of Nicholls at tropical-storm strength or more. "Winds" is the strongest it was while that close, over open water; inland it is usually less.

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